Air-gun.



'. J. BURROWS.

AIB. GUN.

APPLIOATIGN FILED 5,111.13, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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pnirnn srarns rarnivr orricn WILLIAM J'. BURROWS, 0F PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 DAISY MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

AIR- GUN.

984,072. Specification f Letters Patent Patented Feb. 11i, 1911. i Application filed January 13, 1910. Serial No. 537,958.

T0 all whom 'it may concern: B. The advantage of this construction is Be it known that I, lViLLmM J. BUR- that when the gun is held in an inclined poizows, a citizen of the United States 0f sition, as shown in Fig. 4, the weight of America, residing at Plymouth, in the the bail H will draw the pin F inward to 5 county of Vvvayiie and State of Michigan, retain the shot, Whereas the pin alone in 60 have invented certain new and useful Inithis position might be displaced by the shot. pi'ovements in Air-Guns, of which the fol lVith both constructions, the pin is freely .lowing is a specification, reference being had movable by and forms no impediment to the ther-@1.11 t() th@ aggolupgulying dygwjngg Shot WllOll the gllil iS (liSClialg'eLl. tlieilrtli i l0 The invention relates to air guns, and has gun is tired, the pin F is forced upward by G5 particular reference t0 the means for yethe shot out of the path of the latter, and taining the shot in position in the barrel beby l'eaSoli of its rounded form there is no for@ discharge, danger of catching upon the ejector tube I, The invent-ion consists in the novel con Wh1Ci1111 gulls of this construction-is struction as hereinafter set forth. forced forward into the true bariel when 70 In the drawings-Figure l is an enlarged the gun is discharged. longitudinal section through aportion of that I Chlili aS my invention is: the barrel of an air gun to which my inl. In an air gun, the combination with the Ventou is applied; Fig, 2 is L @msg Section true barrel, of a shot retainer comprising 2O thereof, Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the a pin extending across said barrel and pro- 75 true barrel detached from the false barrel, jeotlig through al1 aperture therein slightly showing a modified construction; and Fig. into the path of the shot, said pin being i is a section similar to Fig. 3, showing the yleldably held iii this position by gravity construction of Fig, 3 in use, and forced upward by the shot out of the A is the false barrel of an air gun, B the path of the latter when the gun is dis- 80 true barrel thereof, and C is the shot maga- Charged. zine formed between the false and true bar- 2. In an air gun, the combination with the rels. true barrel, of a shot retainer comprising a D is a shot guide channel through which i'ouiid pin extending transversely of said the shots from the magazine are directed in barrel and projecting laterally through an 85 series t0 the rear end 0fthe true bal-rel, aperture in the upper portion of the barrel and E is an aperture in the top of the true Slightly into the path of the shot, said pin barrel, through which the shot may drop being freely movable and normally held in into a position for shooting. To insure position by gravity.

proper operation of the gun, it is necessary 3. In an air gun, the combination with 90 to hold the shot at the rear end of the true the true barrel apertured to receive a shotbarrel until the gun is discharged. This I laterally therein, barrel guide strips for diaccoiiiplisli by a rounded detent project-ing iecting the shot to said aperture, and a shot through an aperture into the true barrel retainer extending transversely of said bar and into the path of the shot, and yieldably rel engaging slots in said guides and an 95 held in this position so as to prevent disaperture in said barrel to project laterally placement by the shot, excepting where aciii the path of the shot, for the purpose detuated by the discharge of the gun. As scribed. shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this detent is formed l. The combination with a true barrel, of

l5 by a pin F extending transversely of the a shot retainer comprising a pin extending 100 barrel and engaging guide slots F in the transversely of said barrel and projecting guide D. The lower side of this pin entherein slightly in the path of the shot, gages a recess Gr in the top of the true barand a member connected to said pin outside rel and projects into the path of the shot. the barrel projecting laterally therefrom The pin is held in its normal position by and forming a gravity arm, for the purpose 105 its own gravity. described.

In Fig. 3, a modified construction is 5. In an air gun, the combination with a shown, in which the pin F is attached to a true barrel, of a. shot retainer comprising a member H, shown as in the form of a bail pin extending transversely of said barrel,

embracing the lower portion of the barrel and a bail-shaped member connected with 110 said pin and extending beneath Said barrel7 for the purpose described.

G. In an air gun7 the combination with the true barrel, of a shot retainer consisting of a rounded detent projecting through an aperture in Said barrel and yieldably held by gravity in the path of the shot, Said detent being forced upward out of the path of the shot when the gun is discharged.

7. In an air gun, the combination with the true barrel, of a ineinher surrounding said barrel at the rear end thereof7 `a shot retainer consisting of a rounded pin extending transversely of said barrel and engaglng guide slots in Said surrounding me1n,

ber, said pin projecting laterally through a slot in said barrel in the path of the shot and forced out of the path `of the shot when the gun is discharged.

In testimony whereof I aHiX niy signature in presence of two WitneSses.

VILLAM J. BURROVS.

Titnesses GEO. XV. HUNTER, A. Y. ELms'roN Tonini. 

